Collating device



7 May 26, 1925.

Filad Aug. 15 1918 Patented May 26, 1925.

UNIT D STAT S PATENT orncs.

ARTHUR A. JOHNSON, 01' NEW YORK, 11'. Y.,' ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

UNDERWOOD TYPEWBITER COIPANY,

' DELAWARE.

01 NEW YORK, N. Y., A GORPORATION O1? conna'rme nnwcn.

Application filed August 15, 1918. Serial No. 250,089.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR A. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, county of the 5 Bronx and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Collating Devices, of which the following 1s a specification.

This invention relates to collating devices and more especially to such devices as are particularly adapted to be used in connection with typewritin machines, to handle the sheets used in boo kee ing and other systems where records can profitably kept by means of carbon copies, and entries are made at greater or less intervals of time.

In continuous ledger posting each ledger sheet is usually kept with the monthly statement for the customer until the end of the current month, the ledger sheet and statement 9 sheet being storedin a suitable receptacle and taken out to be written upon from time to time. At the end ofthe month all the statements are separated from their ledger sheets and the statements are sent to the customers.

The record of each transaction is usually typewritten upon the statement or top sheet andby means of a carbon sheet simultaneously recorded on the ledger sheet.

In the present invention I arrange tosemipermanently secure the ledger and statement sheets together so that the two sheets may be handled as one during the entire month.

The means em loyed for holding the two sheets together a so facilitate the alignment and registration of these sheets with respect to the machine and with respect to any other sheet which may be simultaneously and conjunctively used with the statement and ledger sheets, such as, an invoice or record sheet. The specific means illustrated herein comprises a temporary or collating binder formed of paper 01' other suitable material and having a, plurality of leaves to receive work-sheets therebetween. The work-sheets to receive the entries may be secured in place in the binder by gunror other suitable adhesive material. The binder is provided with-a tab which co-operates with an abutmen or ging device for locating the sheets when p aced in the machine. A modified form of this invention illustrates such a tab as provided with a rforation, b means of which it may be col ated or gage upon any top one of several pins or studs carried by the machine.

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the sheets in collated position. Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a detail showing the binder, part of one leaf being broken away to show the adhesive material.

Figure 4 is a sectional plan view of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a front elevation showing a modified form.

Figure 6 is a front detail of the form of device of Figure 5.

The typewriter platen 10 is rotatably axle 13. In addition the platen may be moved in line space or reverse direction by means of the usual knob or finger piece 14.

The work sheets are fed around with the platen 10, by front and rear pressure rolls 15, which may be released by suitable means, such as, for instance, the means found in the Underwood typewriter. The work sheets are further guided around the platen 10 by means of an apron 16.

In printing, types 17 swing upwardly and rearwardly so as to strike against the work sheet carried by the platen, A pair of scales 18 indicate the writlng line of the machine. Ordinarily these scales are used to align the work sheets with respect to the line of writing of the machine.

As has heretofore been 3 said, the present disclosure, for simplicity, shows only one of the many possible forms of the invention. In this form, a statement sheet 19, being the sheet, receives the direct inked impressions 20, lying beneath the statement sheet 19, receives t e imprint from a carbon sheet 21.

from the types 17 and the ledger sheet In this form of bookkeeping it is usual at the beginning, or just previous to the be inning, of each month to place witheach edger sheet 19, a fresh statement sheet 20 which is to receive the typing of the transactions. at'intervals, during the ensuing month. The statement sheet, according to the present invention, is temporarily secured to the ledger sheet, after being properly aligned so that the first line to be written upon the statement sheetcoincides with the line following the last line written upon the ledger sheet.

The means for forming this cooperative union between the ledger sheet and the statement sheet as illustrated in the present disclosure, comprises a binder 22 of paper or other suitable material. This binder 22 may "be formed of one piece 23 folded upon it- 18 moistened, they are thereby confined and securely held in place with respect to one another, and with respect to the binder 22. The piece 23 and the leaf 26 are secured together, from the fold or bend 30 in the piece 23 inwardly for some distance, so as to provide a comparatively stifi' tab 31 extending outwardly from the bottom of the pocket formed by the leaves 25 and 26. The binder may be manufactured and marketed in this form.

When it is desired to prepare work-sheets for bookkeeping, the gummed surfaces of the leaves 24, 25 and 26 are moistened and the work sheets 19 and 20 are placed in the pockets so that their side edges engage with the bottom of the pockets, formed by the line of junction of the leaves 24, 25 and 26, thus aligning the sheets with respect to one another. After this is done the leaves 24 and 25 are pressed together and dried and all the sheets are thus secured to one another. When entries are to be made, the statement sheet and the ledger sheet are placed in the machine and passed around the platen, while the feed rolls 15 are disengaged therefrom.

To facilitate the accurate alignment and registration of the sheets with respect to the printing line, a gage plate having a turnedup aligning edge 32 is provided, the aligning edge being placed so as to be in the path of the tab 31 of the binder 22, with the result that when the sheets are brought up in front of the platen and pressed upon the gage plate, the tab 31 engages the gage 32 and temporarily holds the sheets in this position. This arrests the sheets so that the lines upon the statement and ledger sheets, which are usually printed as indicated in the drawings, correspond with the writing lines of the typewriting machine.

The sheets are laterally guided by and gaged against a right-hand gage 33 and a left-hand gage 34. The left-hand gage 34 is preferably made integral withthe edge of the plate which comprises'the gage 32, said plate having its edge turned up to form a right-angled gage. After the sheets are so gaged and aligned the feed rolls 15 are returned to the platen and the platen is rolled rearwardly or forwardly as the case may be, to bring the proper line to the printing line, which is indicated by the two scales During the usual typewritingoperation, the tab 31 will notremain engaged with the abutment 32 because the upper portions of the work-sheets tend to spring upwardly above the abutment unless the tab is applied low on the ledger sheet. In this latter case the operator may simply lift the sheets or tab clear of the abutment when the tab engages with it.

It will be noted, that the binder 22 be cause of its flexibility and size will freely pass around the platen in the operation above described. This will also be the case if the binder 22 is made of metal, and the proper clearance between the platen and feed-rolls is provided.

Figures 5 and 6 illustrate a modification of my invention, which will now be described, in which a main body member or binder 35 is simliar to the binder 22 of F igures 1, 2, 3 and 4, in that it has leaves simi lar to the leaves 24 and 25 and 26 and is folded upon itself in the same manner. It is also provided with adhesive material for holding work-sheets as described in connection with the other figures. In fact, Figure 4 serves as a plan view of thismember 35. The extending portion or tab 36 of this member, while very similar to the tab 31, is

provided with a perforation 37, by means of which the sheets are brought into registration' with the writing lines of the machine. This perforation 37 is adapted to fit over any of a plurality of aligning studs 38 mounted upon a plate 39 suitably secured to the machine, the sheets being passed around the platen in the usual way, so that the tab 36 may be fitted over one of the studs 38 to bring the sheets into registration with the writing lines of the machine. This form of device under some circumstances is advantageous because of the increased speed at which the work may be'handled.

The work sheets may be provided with tabs or aligning members 31 or 35 at either or both sides, if so desired, as illustrated in connection with the modified form shown in Figure 5. This also under some circumstances may be advantageous.

The work sheets are provided with a row of small perforations 40 so that the side mar- ;gins of the sheets to which the leaves of the margin of the statement {sheet would be severed from thebody of the sheet before the bill is sent to the customer.

Variations may be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the im rovements may be used without others.

'Iaving now described my invention ,1 claim:

1. A collating binder for work-sheets comprising a plurality of leaves certain of said leaves confined between others thereof, all of said leaves secured together at one side, holding means associated with each of said leaves to hold in collated position Work-sheets inserted between the free portions of said leaves, and a tab onsaid binder and projecting outwardly from the side edges of said work-sheets to facilitate the handling and positionin of the latter while held by the collating inder, said tab being perforated so as to fit over an aligning pin and to be positioned and held by the latter. 7

2. A collating binder for work-sheets including abinder-sheet folded upon itself to form two leaves, saidv binder also including a leaf inserted between the leaves of said binder-sheet and secured thereto, and holding means for each of said leaves to hold in collated osition work-sheets inserted between sai leaves.

3. A collating binder for work-sheets including a binder-sheet folded upon itself to form two leaves, said binder also including a leaf inserted between the leaves of said binder-sheet and secured thereto, and holding means to hold in collated position worksheets inserted between said leaves, said holding means comprising adhesive material 'on a face of each of said leaves for holding the. work-sheets in position thereon.

4. An assemblage for use in manifolding, comprising a collating binder having a plurality of leaves secured together at one side and having adhesive material on certain faces thereof, and a plurality of work-sheets having detachable margins to be inserted be.-

. tween said leaves and attached thereto by saidadhesive material when the work-sheets are assembled in proper relation to each other, the detachable margins of the worksheets permitting the latter to be removed from the assemblage when the necessity for maintaining them in collated condition no longer exists.

5. An assemblage for use in manifolding, in a typewriting machine, comprising a plurality of work-sheets properly ollated with reference to each other and binders for holding said work-sheets at opposite edges to prevent relative displacement thereof, each.

of said binders comprising a plurality of leaves between which the edges of the worksheets may be inserted and a tab projecting from the adjacent edges of said work-sheets, and each of said tabs having a erforation so that the tabs may be place over two transversely aligned pins in the machine to properly align the assemblage in the machine.

7. A binder for holding work-sheets in collated position, comprising a plurality of attached leaves between two of which a work-sheetmay be adjusted and held, and

then a second work-sheet inserted in another opening between two leaves, adjusted in collated relation with reference to the first work-sheet, and held in such adjusted position. I

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

ARTHUR A. JOHNSON. 

